Im sorry. This was my business at Sun. You are certainly wrong about the Hotspot VM.
See this chapter of my book.... http://java.sun.com/docs/books/performance/1st_edition/html/JPAppGC.fm.html#998394 On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Jonathan Ellis <jbel...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's a common misunderstanding that system.gc is only a suggestion; on > any VM you're likely to run Cassandra on, System.gc will actually > invoke a full collection. > > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Jeffrey Kesselman <jef...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Actually this is no gaurantee. Its a common misunderstanding that >> System.gc "forces" gc. It does not. It is a suggestion only. The vm always >> has the option as to when and how much it gcs >> >> On May 26, 2011 2:51 PM, "Jonathan Ellis" <jbel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > > > -- > Jonathan Ellis > Project Chair, Apache Cassandra > co-founder of DataStax, the source for professional Cassandra support > http://www.datastax.com > -- It's always darkest just before you are eaten by a grue.
